BROKEN APRIL (1978)
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In remote highlands of Albania, a young man fulfills his responsibilities in a long-running blood feud then hunkers down to face his own retaliatory murder after a customary thirty-day truce. As he awaits his fate, he catches the eye of a honeymooning couple from a more sophisticated locale, to devastating effect. Similar to many Kadare novels, on the surface this book may seem relatively simple but is incredibly rich. The bleak and barren landscape will stay with you for a long long time–at least with me it has.
